Economist - Sub-saharan Africa - London, United Kingdom - Barclays

Barclays

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Economist - Sub-Saharan Africa

London

This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us.

We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

Working Flexibly

We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in.

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?:

Producing timely reports both ahead of and in response to data, complementing these with thematic, and longer shelflife products
Creating weekly pieces of product publications and contributing to other regular publications like the Global Economics Weekly, the Emerging Markets Quarterly, and the Global Outlook
Working very closely with and feeding into our Macro Research function both in EEMEA and globally
Expressing the bank's view about the economic outlook for these economies including political developments, macroeconomic forecasts and multilateral relations
Regularly communicating internally and with external clients
Contributing to regional flagship and regular EEMEA and EM publications
Hosting regular client events with experts, policymakers and thoughtful leaders

What we're looking for:

Master's degree from top university
Deep knowledge of macroeconomics and central bank balance sheet
Fluent or native level of French and English (both written and spoken)
Understanding of EEMEA region

Skills that will help you in the role:

Preferably a PhD in macro economics
Experience with multilateral creditors, development agencies or central banks

Where will you be working?

In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links.

With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.

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